The Hamburg Huskies are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2014 when it won the northern division of the German Football League 2 and earned promotion to the German Football League.
History The club was formed in 1994 as the Hamburg Wild Huskies. The club entered competitive football in 1995, won the tier four Oberliga and earned promotion to the Regionalliga. In 1998 the club earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, a league later renamed to GFL2. In reference to the Hamburg Silver Eagles, a club that went defunct shortly after the formation of the Huskies and provided many of its future players, the Wild Huskies were renamed Eagles in November 2003. Under this name the club won the northern division of the GFL2 for the first time in 2007. In the following promotion round to the GFL the Eagles lost both games to the Dresden Monarchs and missed out on promotion. Also in the 2007 season the team switched from its mother club SC Victoria Hamburg to the Harvesterhuder Tennis und Hockey Club (HTHC). In 2009 the club switched its name to the current Hamburg Huskies but also suffered relegation to the third division Regionalliga. After two seasons at this level the Huskies returned to the GFL2 from 2012 onwards. Teaminfo Huskies Herren Hamburg Huskies website – Club history, accessed: 10 September 2014
After winning the northern division title of the GFL2 in 2014 the club qualified for the first time in its 20-year history for the GFL.Huskies qualifizieren sich für GFL football-aktuell.de, accessed: 10 September 2014 It finished fourth in the northern division of the GFL and lost to the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns in the quarter-finals of the play-offs.
Honours GFL League membership: (4) 2015–2018 Play-off qualification: (1) 2015 GFL2 Northern Division champions: 2007, 2014 German Junior Bowl Runners-up: 2010
Recent seasons Recent seasons of the Huskies:GFL 2 season 2012 football-aktuell.de, accessed: 10 September 2014GFL 2 season 2013 football-aktuell.de, accessed: 10 September 2014GFL 2 season 2014 football-aktuell.de, accessed: 10 September 2014 Year Division Finish Points Pct. Games W D L PF PA Postseason 2012 GFL2 (North) 4th 16–12 0.571 14 8 0 6 356 370 — 2013 3rd 15–13 0.536 14 7 1 6 443 363 — 2014 1st 23–5 0.821 14 11 1 2 461 308 — 2015 GFL (North) 4th 10–14 0.417 12 5 0 7 225 309 Lost QF: Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns (13–61) 2016 6th 8–20 0.286 14 4 0 10 370 629 — 2017 6th 8–20 0.286 14 4 0 10 196 543 — 2018 8th 0–28 0.000 14 0 0 14 157 499 Lost RR: Düsseldorf Panther (10–36 & 21–34) 2019 GFL2 (North) 6th 14–14 0.500 14 7 0 7 399 340 — 2020 No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 7th 2–18 0.111 9 1 0 8 111 309 — 2022 8th 0–20 0.000 10 0 0 10 153 467 — 2023 Oberliga Nord 4th 6–10 0.375 8 3 0 5 85 277 — PR = Promotion round RR = Relegation round QF = Quarter finals
References
External links
Official website German Football League official website Football History Historic American football tables from Germany